Andrew Marr's 'Children of the Master' offers a vision of Westminster’s future marred by Machiavellian politics

BRITISH politics is a mess. David Cameron’s Conservatives don’t look comfortable in power. 

They’ve made a hash of abolishing tax credits for low-income workers, face the test of an in-out referendum on Britain’s European Union membership that might reveal deep divisions in their ranks, and have to find a new leader before the next election.

The Labour Party has a new leader in Jeremy Corbyn and he has stirred the imagination of many rank-and-file party members.